Judge Fell asked George Fox to give an account of his persecution at the hands of the people of a certain village.  Fox replied, "I told him they could do not otherwise in the spirit wherein they were and that they manifested the fruits of their priests' ministry, and their profession and their religion to be wrong."  (Fox's Journal)

How can people be expected to act other than their condition(ing) dictates?

Ezekial 34--the Bad Shepard--"Woe to shepards of Israel who only take care of themselves...you have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or vbound up the injured...you have ruled them harshly and brutally..."

"The one who tries to hide what he don't know, to begin with."  (Bob Dylan)

Fox talks about Jesus coming to teach his people himself.  Can it be that Jesus can break through all of this conditioning that has shaped people and taught them where to look for truth and guidance?  Can the Spirit drown out or undermine the hirelings?  How would people even realize that the bad shepard/hireling preacher has defined the world wrongly and so determined that responses to it will be wrong?

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